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EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



in charge of the Gwalior shikar department . . . said that 50 or 

 60 survived in the state. They are found in Indore also." (Edward 

 Thompson, London Times, August 19, 1932?) In Hyderabad State 

 "there still remain a few cheetahs" (Salim AH, in Anonymous, 1935, 

 p. 231). In Mysore there are several old records (Morris, 1935, p. 

 386), but the animal is "probably now extinct" there (Phythian- 

 Adams, in Anonymous, 1935, p. 241). Fears are entertained as to 



FIG. 31. Indian Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) 



its survival in the Madras Presidency (M. F. Budge, in litt., Novem- 

 ber 12, 1936) . Shooting is completely prohibited (Bombay Natural 

 History Society, in litt., December, 1936) . 



"The hunting leopard is certainly found in Persia, but I am unable 

 to give any particulars as to its distribution. According to Eichwald 

 it does not extend into the countries west of the Caspian, though 

 found to the eastward. De Filippi says that it is found in Mazan- 

 daran." (Blanford, 1876, p. 35.) To this statement 0. St. John adds 

 that the species "is not used at present for sporting purposes in 

 Persia." [The form of northern Persia may be A. j. raddei.] 



"As regards its survival in Persia, Arabia and Palestine, I have 

 no information beyond the inference to be drawn from the infre- 

 quency with which it is mentioned" (Pocock, 1927, p. 18) . 



"In South-Western Asia its range is believed to reach from the 



